ORACC NEWS YOU CAN USE
November 16, 2020


On behalf of the Oregon ACC Board, we hope this email finds you and your families safe and healthy.
 
As our Chapter continues to operate online for the foreseeable future, we want to make sure that our members are kept up to date about upcoming events and that our members are aware of all ACC resources that are available. Additionally, we want to share information from our Chapter sponsors that may prove valuable to you and your internal stakeholders. To that end, and to avoid clogging up inboxes, we put together a consolidated email highlighting upcoming events and ACC resources.

We hope you find this first issue of "ORACC News You Can Use" helpful. Future issues will be sent out once or twice a month. If there are any areas you would like to see covered in a future issue, or you have suggestions for future online educational or social events, please let us know! Your feedback is important and very welcome. We can be reached at accoregon@accglobal.com.
 


UPCOMING EVENTS


Parenting During Covid Webinar with Barran Liebman
Tomorrow, November 19 at 10am, ORACC sponsor Barran Liebman will be hosting a free webinar with Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) entitled "Progressive Solutions to Address Parenting During Covid-19". Through this training, Paula Barran of Barran Liebman LLP and Andy Bell of ADP look forward to collaborating their employment law and HR expertise to share insights on what leading organizations are doing, things to consider, and other best-practice guidance to assist with addressing parenting during COVID-19. For more information and to register for this complimentary seminar, please click here.
 

Oregon ACC Annual Meeting & CLE with Ogletree Deakins
On Thursday, December 10 at 4:30pm, ORACC will be holding our Chapter's annual meeting online and presenting a CLE with longtime sponsor Ogletree Deakins. The meeting and CLE will last approximately 90 minutes. More details soon!
Reshaping HR During a Pandemic:
Now, Next & Beyond
by Amy Angel, Barran Liebman LLP
In March 2020, in response to COVID-19, businesses were being ordered to close, office employees were required to work from home, and schools were pivoting to distance learning. With everyone scrambling to adjust, HR leaders were trying to take care of the “now,” which included quick decisions on layoffs, furloughs, teleworking arrangements, hazard pay, permissible wellness checks, social distancing protocols, protected leave, and more. It is six months later and employers are still grappling with an ever-changing legal landscape of employment laws.

To help manage the balancing act of stabilizing operations and supporting employees, we look at Now, Next & Beyond. That is, what do you have to do to care of the now, what’s next, and how do you look long-term to prepare for the beyond? This structure can help you manage immediate needs, but also provide capacity to reshape your business, make key changes, and think strategically about where you want your business to be in the long run.
Amy Angel, Partner
Barran Liebman LLP


For more information about Amy, or to contact her directly, please click here.

MEMBER RESOURCES
The Association of Corporate Counsel recognizes that members' well-being is more important than ever. And, with the ever changing business landscape, ACC members may also be looking for guidance in their current roles and where they can go in the future. To learn more about wellness resources and complimentary career coaching available to ACC members, please click below:
MULTI-GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY CLE HOSTED BY MARKOWITZ HERBOLD
On Wednesday, November 11, ORACC and Markowitz Herbold hosted an online CLE about the multi-generational workplace with former attorney and consultant, Jill Long.

Jill's engaging presentation demonstrated how each of the four generations now present in the legal workforce has its own unique styles, needs, goals and traits. She also walked us through how the external factors present in the timeframes attributable to each generation helped to form those unique styles, needs, goals and traits. It was interesting to see how the world we all grew up in impacts our behavior in the workplace. Through the use of stories and online polling, Jill illustrated how each generation can view the same situation and come out with very different results.

Thank you to Markowitz Herbold and Jill Long for sharing this fascinating glimpse into the different generations with our Chapter--we look forward to more events with the firm next year!
For more information about Jill Long, please click here.
TEAM EFFORT WITH HOLLAND & KNIGHT RAISED OVER $10,000
FOR OREGON FOOD BANK
Oregon ACC once again teamed up with Holland & Knight for the annual Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger Campaign (OLAH) to benefit the Oregon Food Bank.

This year's campaign ran November 2-13, and our joint efforts raised $10,348 for Oregonians in need! THANK YOU to everyone who contributed and thank you to the Holland & Knight Foundation that graciously matched $5000 of our donations. Our joint fundraising team finished in second place over all.

We also want to congratulate our members who won some of the fantastic raffle prizes offered by the firm. Raffle prize winners included: Debra Florence, Lindsey Kantawee, Matthew Merritt, John Attey, Jennifer Yeh and Taylor Engers.

Once again, congratulations to all the raffle winners, and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated to this year's OLAH campaign! Your contributions helped us help others statewide in what has been a particularly rough year for so many. If you missed out on contributing during the campaign, but would still like to donate, you can visit the Oregon Food Bank's website here.

Thank you to Holland & Knight for providing our Chapter with this opportunity. We look forward to more opportunities and online events with Holland & Knight in 2021!
Oregon ACC is fortunate to have tremendous sponsors with a wealth of knowledge and experience to help you and your company navigate these uncertain times. To visit a sponsor's website, please click on their logo below:
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